The Israeli warplanes reportedly attacked the school in the Nasr district, and the injured people were transferred to the Baptist Hospital, the agency said.
Earlier in the day, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they had struck “terrorists” who were operating inside the command and control centers of Hamas that were embedded within the Hassan Salameh and Nasser schools in Gaza.
“The schools were used by Hamas’ Al-Furqan Battalion as a hiding place for its terrorist operatives and as command centers used to plan and execute attacks against IDF troops and the State of Israel. Prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions, surveillance, and additional intelligence,” the IDF wrote on Telegram.
On October 7, 2023, Israel was subjected to an unprecedented rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. In addition, Hamas fighters infiltrated the border areas, opened fire on the military and civilians, and took some 240 hostages. The authorities say that about 1,200 people were killed during the raid.
The Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Iron Swords in the Gaza Strip, which included strikes on civilian targets. Israel announced a complete blockade of the enclave; supplies of water, electricity, fuel, food, and medicine were stopped. The death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached 39,583, while a further 91,398 have been injured, according to the Palestinian enclave's health ministry's estimates.